Abstract: A linear alternator to supply the electrical utility needs of homes and small businesses comprises a radial arrangement of five cylinders around a common crankshaft. Mechanical input power is applied to the crankshaft for conversion to electrical output power. Each of the five radial cylinders is in itself a single linear alternator in which four sets of equally spaced shuttle magnets are arranged head-to-toe and separated by spacers and insulators. The shuttle magnets are mounted as an assembly on a rod independently driven by the crankshaft such that each of five rods can correspondingly move back and forth inside four matching sets of equally spaced pickup coils. Alternating currents from each of the twenty total pickup coils are individually rectified, filtered, and regulated to charge banks of batteries or ultra-capacitors. Solid-state inverters can be connected to the batteries or ultra-capacitors to produce utility grade AC power, or DC power outputs can be tapped directly.

Abstract: A linear alternator comprises a radial arrangement of five cylinders around a common crankshaft. Mechanical input power is applied to the crankshaft for conversion to electrical output power. Each of the five radial cylinders is in itself a single linear alternator in which four sets of equally spaced shuttle magnets are arranged head-to-toe and separated by spacers and insulators. The shuttle magnets are mounted as an assembly on a rod independently driven by the crankshaft such that each of five rods can correspondingly move back and forth inside four matching sets of equally spaced pickup coils. Alternating currents from each of the twenty total pickup coils are individually rectified, filtered, and regulated to charge banks of batteries or ultra-capacitors. Solid-state inverters can be connected to the batteries or ultra-capacitors to produce utility grade AC power, or DC power outputs can be tapped directly.